I agree with you Kevin. I wish Google would own the update process and not the carriers. At least the core update. I suppose the problem with that though is if the core from say 2.3 to 4 is enough of a change that the individual device manufacturers need to provide driver updates.. it makes it impossible for android 4+ to just be pushed out to all devices without the concern of sensors, etc not working right. I don't know if that was (or is) the case, but I suspect that is why google can't own the update process.
On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 3:16 AM, Kevin Chadwick <[email protected]>wrote: > > You’re basically waiting for the death of Gingerbread, which won’t happen > > for a while. > > Even when my contract finishes and I own the phone T-mobile won't let > me unlock the bootloader or even provide the upgrades Sony has released. > T-mobile says gingerbread is secure (despite suggesting I could > illegally root it). The main reason I bought the phone was that Sony > promised timely upgrades and so I have considered citing "Not fit for > purpose". The only problem is I'm on a great deal and the only > result would likely be just losing the contract I'm on. There really > should be some sort of software provision responsibility law. Google's > being responsible and there is no way I would let my companies put > millions at greater risk, it's rediculous really. Who would have > thought the great principles of open source would be abused in such a > way. > > -- > _______________________________________________________________________ > > 'Write programs that do one thing and do it well. Write programs to work > together. Write programs to handle text streams, because that is a > universal interface' > > (Doug McIlroy) > _______________________________________________________________________ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Android Discuss" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en.
